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War on Everyone

2016

John Michael McDonagh

Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Theo James, Tessa Thompson ...

4.7

525

Comedy Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"While there is clearly guilty pleasure (...) McDonagh's first American-made feature is only a partial success, lacking the sharp wit and moral heft that characterized his past work"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"An indulgent homage to the 1970s buddy cop genre that veers (...) from dark comic brilliance to wearisome style exercise"	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A talky, sexy, irreverent and ultimately somewhat surreal buddy-cop movie (...) Like Tarantino, McDonagh is a creative magpie, stealing juicy nuggets from any and everywhere, although he has considerably better taste"	POS
United Kingdom	Henry Barnes The Guardian	"Bad cop, bad cop on the trail of a plot (...) McDonagh’s moral twist comes in way too late and much too hard. It leaves you dizzy (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Jessica Kiang IndieWire	"Wordplay and charisma do not alone a great film make, and 'War on Everyone' is lacking in some very basic basics"	NEU

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